Cherry seeder and strawberry stemmer



Patented Mar. so,l 1926- Uniti-:nI srArEs vPATENT oFFICE.

JACOB W. HCL'SINGEE, 0E GRANITE CITY, TLLINoIsQ y CHERRY sEEDEE AND STRAWEEEEY sTEMMEE.

Application 'filed September To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB IV. HoiisiNGizn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite City, in the county of Madison and State o't' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cherry Seeders andStrawberry Stemmers, of which the fol-4 lo ying is a specification. n

This invention relates to certain new and useful,improvements in cherry seeders and strawberry stemmers the peculiarities ofA which will bc hereinafter fully described and claimed.

rIhe object of my invention is to providev a device that will readily fit the palm or:- the hand Aand avoid interference with*r the hand oi the operative' ends,-one of whichv is sharpy pointed and theother is sharp but rounded in outline,'and both are turnedv in Y opposite directions so asto allow a circular inotionkin removingjthe seeds from cherries and the stems from strawberries.

In' the accompanyingdrawing on like reference numerals indicate co 1responding parts, Fig. l represents a top View of my device; Fig. 2 an edge View ot the saine; Fig. 3, a section of the sharp pointed lconcave projection on 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig.` 4 a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Figi'. Q; Fig. 5, a view illustratingthe use ot'the device as a cherry seeder; and Fig. 6 a view indicating its use as a ystrawberrystemmer.

The numeral f-l indicates the body which is hollowed above and convex below so that the Vthumb o't the user can lit in the same as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6.

Along the side et ge the body is rolled up to malte a bead 5 and reinforce or stiften the thin sheet metal which is preferably used in making the device by stamping it out. At each end is a projection extending in opposite directions in the plane ot' the body,--ono projection 6 having an outline that is concave-at one side T and convex at the other side kS and meeting in a sharp point 9 that extends beyond the side of the body and has a cross section shown in Fig.v 3 similar to a parabola,-that is the curve near the convex 'side 8 is on I a smaller radius than on the concave vside r,

which y 2, 1924. Serial No. 735,386..

The object that when the sharp pointf) is inserted -in a cherry withv a vcircularfsidemotion of the hand, the cherryiseed is readily scooped out with littley cutting' of the cherry itself andjfollows down the concave projection 'towards the thumb so that in use several seeds are collected near the 'thumb in the rapid operation o'i'the device; The side edges and Bare sharpenedas shown. The

other end ot'the'devicehas aprojection l0- ,extending in the opposite direction from the sharp pointed projection 'Iliis projec' tion 10 also lies in the-plane of the body and is concave-and the outline hassimilar concave and convex outline edgesll and l2 respectively', but terminate in a rounded end` 13. VAll ofV these vedges are 'sharpened as shown so that when the projection l() is used upon the stein of a strawberry or similiar fruit as indicated in Fig. G, the stein is readily removed from the berry without crushing the latter. 1

VVhileI have explained its use in connectron witha cherry and a strawberryit is evident the devicemay be used' with other fruit of similar characterto which it may be found adapted. Y y

I claim,

l. In a device ot the cliaractm; descrilml,

`thin semi-cylindrical body 'havingA reiniorcedysides and a sharpgpointed vconcave projection at one end curved to one sideand lyingi substantially in the plane of the body signature. j f

' .JACOB W HOLSINGER.. 

